Wiley

30 + tosses :-/ :-/ why so many ben you could get your birds way to fit before need be my friend

yes would love to see some examples of your work and possible price listing

but theres 12 in the nest at the moment

got two yb lofts at moment there 12 in one shed which is full and there 16 so far in the big shed, by the end of the old bird season my young birds will be racing to 3 different sheds

dont let them in boxes they get freedom of the loft depends for the cock to be calm about an hour, if you want your hens much longer

i know this craig been doing darkness for about 6 year, they just seem to be moulting out alot quicker and chucking alot more body feathers out then usual

going training tmoz 2nd toss

is it just me or my darkness young birds moulting extremely quick this year? could it be the weather? the environment? hours of darkness?

u can never explain alot of things with pigeons mate

id prefere to start from newark myself 114 miles

going to give my 2nd toss on friday tony

yes uinderstand that was just saying if it was east could have ruined them

start on the 14th peterborough 74 miles

ur lucky up there the wind is north westly,first toss 40 miles in east wind could have ruined your season before it had even started

i take mine out usually about 25 day stage but always make sure i see them picking up first

good idea but wont cotton on london is a place where the sport is dieing fast mate!

ive added another yb loft 6x4 just to keep 12 young cocks in, ive made it in the shape of the loft that linda from red rose lofts made and has been published in the RP about. I purchased the shed and just done the bare neccessitys to make it look upto scratch. The photos are the young birds enjoying the bath in the landing board/aviary

looking nice mate, i wouldnt disturb the babies to much at such a small age as accidents can happen. but look in brillant condition my friend

looks a cracker shame about his age and not being bred from before

reminds me of an old song 'ITS RAINING ITS POORING' ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

she should take the glasses of shes getting a screwdriver mixed up with a nail ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

personnally for birds to do this distance i would train them harder, it has been done, some people do it, but alot of ppl lose them, i once took liberty of a pigeon, was raced and lost as a young bird came back the following old bird season towards a stonehaven race, chucked it straight in lo and behold who was my first bird and hi up in the combine, you guessed it that didnt have no tosses just raced as yb

think the people your racing against would also love you doing this,pigeons will feel so safe wont leave the crate :-/ :-/ :-/ ;D ;D ;D :-/ :-/

personally i dont havent done for atleast 5 years now, i have the belief pigeons can smell the water,seen it many times before, and heard many times before about basket training, never has done my pigeons any harm

had first training toss was happy, i hate first training tosses your life is on tender hooks, 2 missing one cock one hen but still bright and early shouldnt have took them really with the east winds and open races about today but im restricted for time, the cock missing is a winner and right nice handler be a shame for him to go down.